Senators voted to pass a new version of the stopgap spending bill early Saturday morning after midnight. partial government shutdown he came and went.
The Senate passed a third version of the short-term spending bill by 85 to 11, and it will now lead to President Biden's deskwho has already indicated that he will sign it.
A preliminary agreement on the short-term spending bill was released earlier in the week, a total of 1,547 pages and include a number of policy provisions and disaster relief.
But soon after it was released, billionaire Elon Musk and other conservative critics publicly exposed the move, and it was eventually criticized by President-elect Donald Trump and Vice-President-elect JD Vance.
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Congress passed a short-term spending bill with just hours to go before the shutdown. (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“Republicans must GET SMART and TOUGH. If the Democrats threaten to shut down the government unless we give them everything they want, then CALL THEIR BLUFF. Schumer and Biden are holding out for help to our farmers and disaster relief,” Trump and Vance. said in a lengthy statement opposing the bill Wednesday afternoon.
The first spending measure would have extended the federal budget for fiscal year 2024 through March 14 and provided $100 billion in disaster relief for those affected by hurricanes Helene and Milton in the US Southeast earlier this year. There was also a provision of $10 billion for economic assistance to farmers in the bill.
Meanwhile, as of Thursday, the US national debt was $36,167,604,149,955.61 and continues to climb rapidly.
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Elon Musk was against the first wording of the bill. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
The bill's size, along with several other provisions, including raising the cost of living for lawmakers, prompted a public backlash from Musk and others.
“Any member of the House or Senate who votes for this spending bill is eligible to vote for 2 years!” wrote to X.
After going back to the drawing board, House Republicans emerged Thursday with a new proposal. The revised measures would have extended the current funding freeze for three months and included a two-year debt freeze, according to Trump's request.
In addition, it has had economic relief for farmers and disaster relief of about 110 billion.
But the bill failed on the House floor Thursday night when Democrats united against it and a large group of Republicans also voted against it.
Johnson was left to get a new stopgap bill after Musk's opposition. (Jean Catuffe/GC Images/Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
“Old bill: $110BB in deficit spending (unpaid), $0 increase in national credit card. New bill: $110BB in deficit spending (unpaid), $4 TRILLION + bill increases by $0 in plan changes for cuts. Bill reading time: 1.5 hours I will vote, “Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, wrote in X before the election.
Roy was one of 38 House Republicans who opposed the stopgap bill.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Reuters)
On Friday morning, there seemed to be no agreement between Democrats and Republicans in Congress to work together on a new bill. In fact, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., said the government would go into action at midnight if Republicans without going back to the original stop bill.
“I intend to stay here through Christmas because we cannot allow Elon Musk to run the government,” Murray said in a statement.
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The Democrats did not get their wish, which was to go back to the original bill. (Reuters)
Schumer said in a speech on the Senate floor that the original bill would pass the House if Speaker Mike Johnson brought it up for a vote.
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The third measure, which ended up passing the House and Senate, was similar to the one that failed last night. The bill included economic relief for farmers and disaster relief for those affected by recent storms. However, the final suspension bill does not include a suspension of the debt ceiling, which Trump had requested.
The House passed the short-term spending bill with 366 yes votes, more than the two-thirds required.